Last Sunday we celebrated our sweet, little guy's holy day when he was Baptized. It was such a beautiful day and special day. Our babies have all been baptized in the church we both grew up in and was married in. And our little guy was a champ and never cried or said a peep throughout the whole mass. Love that little dude so much.

Our after gathering was held at my parents and it was such a beautiful day. Decor was simple and from Target and the cake was amazing. I always stick with pastels and white of course for our baptisms and usually go for cute hanging poms and of course newborn baby photos. My go to cake flavor is ALWAYS chocolate cake with butter cream icing and bavarian cream filling. For all of my locals, our go to baker is Rouse's because they are just amazing and so inexpensive! Special thanks to my parents who always help host, decorate and cook for our friends and family.

Here's a small glimpse at our beautiful day. And to top of how special it was, little guy wore his daddy's baptismal suit that his Nana made, his daddy's baptismal pin, my mother's baptismal necklace and special bibs from my mom and sister in law.

Days like this capture the simple and beautiful joys of life and motherhood. Family and friends.

If you are local and you are looking for a new church, I just want to tell you how amazing this Godly man is here. Father Josh is exactly what our area needed and there is something about him that is like no other. He's actually singing Adelle to our sweet baby here. He's the most down to earth person but he has a fire for Jesus that is so inspiring. Father Josh is the new priest at Holy Rosary Catholic Church and you NEED to come here him!

Sasha is the owner and founder of The Mushy Mommy, a natural mother and baby boutique and The Mushy Mommy Village. She is a SAHM who works hard at living as minimal and unprocessed as possible, but never claims perfection. Her mission is to inspire, encourage, enlighten and empower mothers all over to feel good about their choices, to make healthy choices and to enjoy motherhood and all of its beauty and chaos.

In my house, in my closet and in just about any and everything that my personal style is reflected, you'll see BOHO or tribal accents and touches. I live for dream catchers, feathers, arrows and prints. It's just ME and luckily, those things happen to be the trend right now so planning a BOHO style party for my girls was very easy.

First off, lots of things for this party actually came from around my home, in particular from Little Fox's nursery (which I'll share soon). It was easy to get this party going because I had so much on hand, but even the things that I purchased were inexpensive and easy to put together.

Also, if you've ever questioned the amount of time that it takes to put a party together, then I am here to let you know that it can be done in the blink of an eye. We changed our girl's birthday party by having it a week early and the decision was made about 30 hours before the party. So within 30 hours, I had to square away the food, order a cake and finish up the decorations that I had in mind (like making the highchair banner and chalkboard, etc...).

It can be done people. Some bakeries (like grocery store ones) can come up with delicious, beautiful cakes in less than 24 hours. Food prep can be easy (or especially easy if your hosts, um your babies' grandparents are cooking) and decorations can be setup in just the right amount of time to make everything come together beautifully.

Centerpieces were put together by my mom! She found a pin on Pinterest, but basically these were made with burlap and sticks. She added a lace dolly for a final touch.

Favors: Bags via Target Dollar Spot during Valentine's. I made these on a whim with Mickey Veggie Chips, small packets of M&Ms and little toy cowboys and Indians to try and stick with our Indian/BOHO theme.

They were happy but for some reason this photo doesn't show that! #momlife

Putting together a stylish and fun party doesn't have to break the bank. Use items from around your home to incorporate into the decor and buy staples like burlap table runners in the Target dollar spot to reuse every year or lace table cloths. Many of our birthday items get recycled year after year!

I love being practical and savvy. Save your items and incorporate them each year. Be a little green!

What was planning your little one's birthday party like?

Sasha is the owner and founder of The Mushy Mommy, a natural mother and baby boutique and The Mushy Mommy Village. She is a SAHM who works hard at living as minimal and unprocessed as possible, but never claims perfection. Her mission is to inspire, encourage, enlighten and empower mothers all over to feel good about their choices, to make healthy choices and to enjoy motherhood and all of its beauty and chaos.

This is really just too easy of an idea to share. It's like one of those, "well duh" ideas. But hey, sometimes we all needs reminders.

Like the time I was making cookies in a mini muffin pan and my husband said, "Hey stick a Reese's in there." It was perhaps one of the wisest thoughts the man ever had (besides asking me to marry him of course).

I just put a drop premade cookie dough balls into a mini muffin pan and baked until ready. Once they come out of the oven, let them cool for about two minutes. Gently place a mini peanut butter cup into the cookie (if you push it in too far it will mess the bottom of the cookie up) and let it sit for about five minutes to cool off.

Use a spoon if needed to gently remove the cookie cup and place on a cooling rack. If you remove the cookie cup too soon, it will melt and fall apart.

This really is an easy treat that you can make very quickly to bring to parties and gatherings or just for a yummy after dinner dessert with your family.

Sasha is the owner and founder of The Mushy Mommy, a natural mother and baby boutique and The Mushy Mommy Village. She is a SAHM who works hard at living as minimal and unprocessed as possible, but never claims perfection. Her mission is to inspire, encourage, enlighten and empower mothers all over to feel good about their choices, to make healthy choices and to enjoy motherhood and all of its beauty and chaos.

Perhaps one of my favorite homemaking topics is always about grocery shopping and budgets! I don’t know why, but this conversation always inspires me to see how I can change my ways or it sometimes even makes me proud of being able to keep our grocery budget near the amount that we tend to.

Everyone has different ideas of what is a “good” grocery food budget and that is okay because every family has different needs and wants. Honestly, there’s no right or wrong answer here in terms of budgets and where to shop - but there’s always some handy tips to share with one another.

I have found that these tips (some that are widely known tips) really do help with sticking to a clear budget and without getting distracted by extras.

Let’s face it, motherhood isn’t easy. We often need all of the unicorn magic, fairy dust and rainbows to make it through each day. But since those things don’t really exist, I’ll just settle on some good oils, lots of prayers and a cheap glass of wine.

When it comes to oils and motherhood there are countless oils we can use for our day. Whether it’s oils for emotions, oils for sleep or even oils for our teething babies, there are many ways in which we can have a tool box of support for our day to day role as MOM.

So today I am going to highlight my top 10 oils that I insist every mother should have on hand. There are so many wonderful oils and several that I have left off here, but dang these are mostly just the oils that will help bring you some peace, sleep and sanity. And a little backup for all the in betweens.

I thought I would always be that mom…

You know, the mom who had kids that ALWAYS looked super put together and stylish. Maybe not always in the fanciest of clothes (because #bills), but definitely in the cutest clothes from hip boutiques and with beautiful bows and perfect hair.

And then life happened.

And by life, I really just mean I had three kids within 5 years. Which translates to a whole lot of chaos if we’re being real here.

There are days where we leave our house and I’m thinking to myself, “Damn I hope we don’t run into anyone we know.” Or I’m already mentally preparing myself to tell whatever human I run into the truth - these heathens demanded on dressing themselves and today I didn’t care because it was one less battle to win.

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